I'm looking to buy a 10 Ga semi auto. i have been looking at the Ithaca 10 Ga. Are these reliable guns. Looking for some advise or someone might have one they want to get rid of. Thanks
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I fixed a lot of Ithacas, including the one I owned. Remington was I think 2 years getting the bugs out after they bought the design. I like the Browning better, and had 3 BPSs that never missed a beat. After I shaved a lot of weight off the last one, it handled a lot better, too.
I overbored the barrel and ground and polished down the outside, then I machined down the receiver sides and a little of the curvature at the top, and removed the boss at the front of the receiver. I did not do it haphazardly, and did quite a bit of calculating before I began. Ground out parts of some of the ribs in the synthetic stock, drilled some holes part way thru the fore end from the inside, and painted the stock and fore end to look like wood. Worked fine and handled a lot better; it's way overbuilt in 10 gauge. If I had kept it I was looking at getting it blued, but tungsten sent me back to the 12 gauge, so it was zinc chromate primer and matte black metal last I saw it.
Damn , thats a list that requires some serious skills that I unfortunately lack.... :mrgreen:
Guess I'll just have to keep loving mine in it's present state of obesity .
I was shooting it yesterday with a friend who's never handled it before , and he said "that thing must kick like a mule !" .
I handed it to him and and said "feel that" , he took it and laughed at it's heft !
Overbuilt is an understatement ! :shock:
Guess I'll just have to keep loving mine in it's present state of obesity .
I was shooting it yesterday with a friend who's never handled it before , and he said "that thing must kick like a mule !" .
I handed it to him and and said "feel that" , he took it and laughed at it's heft !
Overbuilt is an understatement ! :shock:
I have been in charge of a few machine shops, and one of my machinists was a gun nut too, who built his own turkey shoot barrels. He built some incredibly thin barrels that worked fine, but I did a bunch of pressure calculations and went by that with some cushion. And I ran a couple of 12,500 psi proof loads thru it for insurance.
I am very likely not as experienced as many of these shotgun sages. But I have been shooting many types of shotguns for fifty years. That said, I purchased my Browning Gold 10 gauge two years ago and absolutely love it!
It is my boat gun for waterfowl and couldn't care less whether it is heavy, actually I now prefer the hefty gun as it is a soft shooter while delivering massive amounts of steel shot.
The only down side is that if you want to go break clays, you really need to reload, and that is no small challenge in 10 gauge. Doable, many do, I have the loader but don't. So, to just throw some clays and spend the afternoon with the grandkids and a few box of shells, you likely will need to use another shotgun. Small price to pay, awesome shotgun in the blind.
It is my boat gun for waterfowl and couldn't care less whether it is heavy, actually I now prefer the hefty gun as it is a soft shooter while delivering massive amounts of steel shot.
The only down side is that if you want to go break clays, you really need to reload, and that is no small challenge in 10 gauge. Doable, many do, I have the loader but don't. So, to just throw some clays and spend the afternoon with the grandkids and a few box of shells, you likely will need to use another shotgun. Small price to pay, awesome shotgun in the blind.
I shoot gas autos in all the other gauges but I never felt good about either of the 10 gauges. My 10 is a BPS Stalker with a 26" barrel. Turkeys and geese both hate it.
i have the ithaca mag 10 and ive never had an issue with it besides that it weighs like 15lbs loaded. If you can hold it its a great gun
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